The Guardian’s Year In Review 2026

Join your favourite Guardian writers for an evening of candid conversations, witty remarks and surprises as we look back on the year-defining stories of 2026. Description/copy – main copy Our lineup of writers, including Zoe Williams, Jonathan Liew and more to be announced, will take to the stage for our end-of-year event. We'll revisit the year’s biggest headlines and investigations, the sporting highs and lows and the cultural moments that took over our feeds. With archive footage, front pages and audience polls, expect the conversation to be as entertaining as it is insightful.

For fans of our much-loved A year in Westminster event, we’ve got you covered. After the interval, political editor Pippa Crerar and political sketch writer John Crace will join us to skewer the biggest stories from Westminster and beyond.

We'll finish the evening with the Guardian big quiz: a lively, interactive look back at the year. With plenty of audience participation and live voting, this is your chance to settle some of 2026's biggest debates once and for all. Is The Odyssey the best film of the year? Are social media curfew for teens pointless? And do gen z and millennials have it worse than gen x?

Join us and celebrate another remarkable year of Guardian journalism with the writers whose work you've been reading all year and with fellow Guardian readers who are just as curious and passionate as you. 16+ (Strong language, references to racism, cultural and political issues. Check webpage for up to date content advice). Running time incl. interval.
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